Paraguay postpones the end of anti-foot-and-mouth disease vaccination and projects achieving the new status for 2029/30

The SENACSA presented a new differentiated vaccination scheme for 2027–2028, which extends the originally planned timelines and rethinks the strategies towards an eventual status of foot-and-mouth disease free without vaccination. According to Valor Agro, the measure implies that the last general campaign will be set for May 2028, declaring the closure of immunization, fulfilling in 2029 a demonstration of absence of infection and projecting the application for the new sanitary status for 2029/30. Under the new plan, the vaccination of 2027 will consist of two stages: an initial one (February-March) for all livestock, excluding cows and bulls - considered immune by accumulation - and another in April-May destined solely for Carimbo 7 SIAP calves, the most vulnerable category. For 2028, a single cycle is foreseen between February and March, directed exclusively at calves. From then on, adult animals would be exempt. The change represents a shift from the previous calendar - which ...